Brand-name drugs have no competition, since the government grants them very long, exclusive marketing rights.

Health care is a need; it's not a commodity, and it should be distributed according to need. If you're very sick, you should have a lot of it. If you're not sick, you shouldn't have a lot of it.

It's not just the right-wing crazies who oppose health reform. In addition, there are many sane Americans who worry about committing a trillion dollars to it.

Probably most dying patients, even when suffering greatly, would choose to live as long as possible. That courage and grace should be protected and honored, and we should put every effort into treating their symptoms.

I think a basic level of fitness can help the body cope with all manner of incidents.

For a while after college, I was thinking of becoming a fitness trainer, and I am a certified aqua trainer.

I make a sincere effort to do some form of exercise every day, except for Sunday. That's church and hang out day.

Cancer is like the common cold; there are so many different types. In the future we'll still have cancer, but we'll detect it very, very early, so that it won't kill anybody. We'll zap it at the molecular level decades before it grows into a tumor.